Cultivator.



No. 780,218. PATENTED JAN. 17, 1905.

W. MOGLOSKEY.

GULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 19041 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED JAN. 1'7, 1905. W. MUGLUSKEY.

GULTIVATR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1904.

Ii /l \L.SSLS ,Wei @y f il@ d Patented January 1'7, 1905..

NITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM MGOLOSKEY, OF ESSEX, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDMUND I.SOULLY, OF VINDSOR, CANADA.

CULTlIVATOFt.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 780,218, dated January1'?, 1905. Application filed May 2, 1904. Serial No. 205,906.

10 all who'm/ zit min/'7j concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLiiiM MoCLosKEY, a citizen otl Canada, residingat Essex, in the county ot' Essex and Province oi' Ontario, Oanada, haveinvented cei'tain new and useful Iniprovements in Cultivators, oi whichthe t'ollowing' is a speciiication.

This invention i'elates to improvements in cultivators, and especiallyto that class known IO as "sulky-cultivators. in which the shovels orteeth are arranged in gangs upon frames independently attached to thecarrying-trame oi' the cultivator to move both vertically andhorizontally.

The object of the invention is to pi'ovide improved means for raising'`and supporting the gang-frames and t'or permitting the lateral movementthereof and also to pivotally attach each gang-t`rame to thecultivator-frame 2O in such manner that the shovels of each gang willalways be in horizontal alinenient and in parallelism with the line oi'advancement of the cultivator regardless of whether the frames areraised or lowered or whether moved toward or from each other.

It is also an object of the invention to provide suitable means forequalizing the draft when one horse gets behind the other in addition toproviding the advantages ot' the particular construction and combinationet' parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, reference being' hadto the accompanying' di'awings, in which*- Fig'ure 1 is a perspectiveview ot' a device embodying the invention. Fig'. 2 is a longitudinalvertical section ot' the saine. Fig. 3 is a section on the line ai .frof Fig'. 2. Fig. A

is a detail showing the lever mechanism with parts in section. Fig. 5 isa detail .showing the pivotal connection ot' the draft-bars in section,together with the arni for raising the gang-frame and adjacent parts.Fig. 6 is a detail showing a side elevation of a portion of the forwardend of the cultivator, and Fig. 7 is a detail showing the manner inwhich the Wrench is attached to the sector vto forni a stop for thelever.

As shown in the drawings, 1 l are the ordinary supporting-wheels,journaled on the outer ends ot' the divided axle 2, the inner ends ofsaid axle being connected by providing castings 3, each having a bearingthrough which one-halt' ot the axle is passed and secui'ed therein, andeach casting is also provided with a bearing at its upper end withinwhich the connecting' shaft or strut i is cured, the divided axle,casting, and strut together iioiiiiiiig an arched axle. Integral withthe castings 3 at their adjacent sides are the clips 5, which embracethe side bars 6 ot' the cultivatorframe, said bars being secured withinthe clips with their lower edges resting on the strut 4 by boltspassing' through the clips and bars and extei'iding 'forward theyconverge and are secured to the sides ot' the tongue 7 by a bolt 8passing' through the bars and tongue. A. draft-yoke 9 is secured to thelower edges ot' the bars 6 at a short distance to the reai' oi' thetongue by suitable clips 1() and extending vertically downward at eachside from these clips is bent at right angles and extends horizontallyoutward to near each wheel. To the outer ends ot' the draft-yoke aresecured the vertical draft-bars 11, which are provided with sockets attheir lower ends to receive the ends oi' the yoke, and to their upperends are secured channel-bars 12, which extend parallel with thehorizontal end portions o'f the yoke and ai'e provided with eyes toreceive the yoke, to the vertical portions of which these bars aresecured. The draftyoke is braced and held in its vertical position bythe draft-rods 13 and 14, which aie secured at one end to the axle 2 andat their opposite ends to the upper and lower ends ot' the draft-bar 11,respectively, and also by the brace-rods 15, which are provided at theirends with eyes to receive the yoke and the bolt S, respectively.

rlhe tongue 7 is pivotally secured `to the irame by the bolt 8 and isheld at any angle to the bars 6, to which it may be adjusted byprovidiiig a loop 16, which is secured to the rear end of the tongue andembraces the draftyoke, said loop being clamped between the yokeand ablock 17 by a bolt .18, secured at one end to the yoke and passedthrough a vertical slot in the loop and .an opening in the block. Theend of the block is supported by a transverse bar 19, through which thebolt 18 passes, and a nut on the end of the bolt when turned up againstthe bar draws the parts together and holds the tong'ue in the positionto which it is adjusted. The block 17 is turned down to form a bearingfor the pulley-wheel 20, which is loosely7 mounted thereon, andpivotally attached to the draftbars 11 .are the yokes 21, carrying thepulleys 22, said yokes being vertically adjustable on the draft-bars byproviding a series of holes in each bar. Engaging these pulleys 2O and22 is a chain 23, to the ends of which whifl'letrees are attached, saidchain running freely over the pulleys and forming a draft-equalizerwhich prevents one horse from shirking his share of the work by laggingbehind the other, the slack in the chain being taken up by the otherhorse.

24 represents two independent shovel or gang frames each consisting of acasting forming a frame-head 25, to which the forward ends of therearwardly and downwardly extending shovel-bars 26 are securelyfastened, the shovel-blades being attached to the lower end of each ofsaid bars. To connect these frames with the horizontal end portions ofthe draft-yoke 9, the draw-bars 27 are provided, three for each of saidframes, two of which are located side by side in the same horizontalplane and at a distance apart and the other a distance above these two,parallel with them and equidistant from each. These draw-bars arepivotally connected to the head 25 by providing said heads withtransverse pivot-pins 28, upon which are the sleeves 29, free to turnthereon and having pintles 30, which engage openings in the forked endsof said draw-bars. The forward ends of the drawbars are pivotall yattached to the draft-yoke 9 by slipping' sleeves 31 over the horizontalends of said yoke and also providing suitable castings 32, havingdownwardly-projecting arms provided with opening's to receive the endsof the yoke, between the arms of each of which castings one of thesleeves 31 is located, and at their upper ends these castings aredetachably secured to the channel-bars 12. Each of the castings 32 isalso provided with a transverse pivot-pin 33. upon which is sleeved asecond sleeve 3a, having pintles 35 for the attachment of the upperdraw-bar, the lower sleeve 31 being also provided with pintles for theattachment of the two lower bars. rl`hcse pivotal connections of thedraw-bars with the yoke and gang-frames allows said frames to be raisedvertically, the sleeves turning for that purpose, and also allows theframes to be moved laterally, the bars turning on the pintles. The twolower draw-bars of each set being parallel and in the same horizontalplane, when the gang-frame is moved laterally it will be held by saidbars in parallelism with the line of advancement of the cultivator, andwhen the gang-frame is raised or lowered the upper bar holds the framein a horizontal position at all times.

rIhe inner ends of the two parts of the divided axle 2 are extendedinward through the castings 3, and on these inwardly-extending ends aresecured the sleeves 36 by forming heads 37 on the ends of the axle.These sleeves are free to turn on the axle, and to their inner ends arerigidly secured the hand-levers 38, which extend upward therefrom justoutside the side bars 6 of the frame with an abrupt forward bend 39andat their upper end are bent laterally toward each other, meeting atthe center of the machine and forming horizontal handle-grips L10.Sectors 41 are secured to the bars 6 directly above the axle, andcarried by each lever 3S is a latch 42 to engage with the notches of thesector and hold the lever in any position to which it may he adjusted,each latch being operated by a grip portion lying adjacent to the handleof the lever. By taking hold of the handles at the center the operatormay with one hand operate both levers, which may be moved toward theoperator to the end of the sector, the forward bend in the leversallowing such movement, as it conforms to the curve of the sectors, thelever passing over the axle as it iS moved toward the operator.

An alinement-lever t3 is pivotally attached at its ends to the sleeves36 and is free to turn thereon, said lever extending' upward with aforward bend similar to that of the hand-levers and across in alinementwith the handles of said levers at the rear thereof. Springs IOO 114 arewound on the sleeves with one end sel cured thereto and the otherengaging' the alinement-lever to exert a force to throw said leverforward, so that it will always be held against one or both of thehand-levers in a position to form a rest and guide for the operatorshand, and if one hand-lever is adjusted to the rear of the other whenthe lever at the rear is released it will tend to force said lever intoalinement with the forward one. When the operator has determined thedepth at which he wishes the shovels to run, it is desirable to have anadjustable stop for the levers, which stop may be set to limit themovement of the levers, and thus the operator will not be obliged tokeep in mind the particular notches of the sectors with which he wishesto engage the latches each time after raising' the shovel-frames forturning' at the end of the row. As a simple and convenient device forthis purpose an ordinary cast wrench t5 (which must be carried on themachine in some way) is employed, said wrench being' provided with ahook 46, which projects outward from one side thereof and is adapted tobe engaged with one of the notches of the sector, and on the side of oneof the bars 6 is provided a loop 4,7 to receive the handle of the wrenchand hold the same in place. The hook maybe engaged with any IIO IZO

'reame ofthe notches adjacent tothe loop desired, and the throw of thealinement-lever will thus be limited by coming into Contact with thewrench, and the same notch of the sector will be engaged by the latcheach time.

The sleeves 36 are each provided with two integral pintles 48, and arms49 are each pivotally secured to one of the sleeves by being' forked atits rear end and provided with ears to engage said pintles upon whichthe arm is free to turn. The said arm isinadein halves, rivetedtogether, to facilitate the engagement of the ears with the pintles. Theouter end of each arm is curved slightly downward and provided with abearing, within which bearing the stirrup 50 is pivotally secured at itsupper end, its lower end being connected to one of the shovel-frames bya universal joint 51, consisting of a ball formed on the lower side ofthe stirrup and a socket made in halves to embrace the ball. Each halfof the socket .is provided with one-haltl of a clip to embrace one ofthe shovel-bars, to which bar the clip is secured by a bolt passingthrough the clip and bar. The vertical movement of the shovelfran'ies isthus controlled by the hand-levers 38, as the sleeves 36 cannot turnexcept when the levers are moved, and the stir-rups form rigidconnections between the arms 49 and said frames. The said frames arefree to move laterally, however, as the said arms turn freely upon thepintleson the sleeves, and the universal joints allow the stirrups torotate relative to the frame. Therefore the shovel-frames are supportedby said arms at all times, and consequently the frames may be veryeasily swung from side to side to follow the windings of the row ofplants and are easily raised, owing to the relative lengths of the arms49 and hand-levers 38.

The drivers scat 52 is adj ustably secured to the rearwardly-extendingbars 53, which are `pivotally secured to the side bars 6 of the framesforward of the axle or strut 4, upon which strut are sleeved two cammembers 54, upon the cam-faces of which the bars rest. To raise or lowerthe seat, these members are turned on the strut 4 to bring the larger orsmaller portion of the cam in contact with the bar, in which position itis held by a setscrew, thus providing a very cheap and convenient meansfor adjusting' the height of the seat.

Whatl claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a cultivator the combination with the supportingwheels and framethereof, of shovel-frames, a draft-yoke having horizontall yextendedends, vertical draft-bars secured to the outer ends of the yoke andprovided with sockets, Castings adjustably secured to said ends to whichcastings the shovel-frames are pivotally attached, whereby the forwardends of said frames may be adjusted toward or from each other.

2. In a cultivator the comliiination with the su pporting wheels andframe thereof, of shovel-frames, a draftyoke secured to the lower edgesof the side bars of the frame and having horizontallyextended ends,vertical draft-bars secu red to the ends of the yoke and` havingsockets, channel-bars secured to the upper ends of, said draft-bars atone end and to the vertical portions of the draft-yoke at' theiropposite ends, castings having' eyes to receive the horizontal ends ofthe yoke and adjustably secured at their upper ends to the channel-bars,draft-bars pivotally secured at one end to the castings and at theiropposite ends to the frames.

3. In a cultivator the combination with the supporting' wheels and framethereof, of shovel frames having heads provided with horizontalbearing-pins, sleeves on said pins provided with pintles, paralleldraw-barshaving forked ends provided with eyes to engage said pintles, adraft-yoke having horizontallyextended ends, castings having armsprovided with eyes to receive said ends of the yoke, sleeves looselymounted on said yoke between said arms, a horizontal bearingpin on eachcasting, sleeves on said pins, pintles on the sleeves, forked forwardends on the draw-bars provided with eyes to engage the pintles, verticaldraft-bars secured to the ends of said d raft-yoke, and bars secured tothe upper ends of said draft-bars at one end and at their opposite endsto the vertical portions of the yoke and to 'which the upper ends ofsaid castings are adjustably secured.

4. In a sulky cultivator the combination with the supporting-wheels andarched axle, of side bars secured to the axle, rearwardlyextending' barspivotally secured to the side bars forward of theaxle, a seat secured tosaid bars, members sleeved on the axle each having a cam-face upon whichthe bars are supported, and means for securing the members tothe axle.

5. ln a sulky cultivator the combination with the su pporting-wheels andframe thereof, of seat-bars pivotally attached at one end to the frame,a seat on said bars, and cani members supporting said bars and adaptedto be turned to raise or lower the seat.

6. ln a cnltivator the combination with the supporting-wheels and frame,of a shovelframe, an arm secured to the frame at one end to turnthereon, a connection pivotally attached tothe arm and shovel-frame, andmeans whereby tl i said arm is permitted to move laterally with thelateral movement of the shovel-frame.

7. In a cultivator the combination with the supporting -wheels and framethereof. of a shovel-frame, an arm pivotally attached to theshovel-frame at one end to turn upon a horizontal axis and also to turnupon a vertical axis, a rigid connection pivotally attached at one endto the end of said arm and at its op- TOO IIO

posite end to the shovel-frame, and means for turning said arm on itshorizontal axis to raise and lower the shovel-frame.

8. In a .cultivator the combination with the supporting-wheels andaxle,of ashovel-frame, a sleeve on the axle, an arm on said sleeve, arigid connection pivoted to the end of said arm at one end and to theshovel-frame at its opposite end, and means for turning said sleeve toraise and lower the shovel-frame.

9. In a cultivator the combination with the supporting-wheels andaxle,of independentlymovable shovel-frames, sleeves on the axlearmsattached to said sleeves to move laterally, rigid connections pivoted attheir upper ends to the ends of said arms and at their lower ends tosaid shovel-frames, and means for turning said sleeves on the axle.

10. In a cultivator the combination with the supporting-wheels and framethereof, of independently-movable shovel-frames, arms pivotally attachedat one end to the frame to turn upon a horizontal axis and also upon avertical axis, rigid connections provided with a universal joint betweensaid arms and shovelframes, and means for operating said arms.

Il. In a cultivator the combination with the supportingwheels and axle,of independentlymov-able shovel-frames, sleeves on said axle, armshaving forked ends embracing said sleeves and pivotally secured thereto,stirrups pivotally attached at their upper ends to the outer ends ofsaid arms and attached at their lower ends to the shovel-frames by auniversal joint, and means for turning said sleeves.

l2. In a cultivator the combination with the supporting-wheels and axle,of independentlymovable shovel-frames, sleeves on said axle havingoutwardly-extending pintles, arms having forked ends provided withopenings to receive said pintles, stirrups pivoted to the outer ends ofsaid arms each provided with a ball at its opposite end, sockets securedto the shovelframes to receive the balls and hand-levers to turn saidsleeves.

13. In a cultivator the combination with the supporting-Wheels, frameand axle, of shovelframes, sleeves on the axle, means for raising` andlowering said shovel-frames pivotally secured to said sleeves,hand-levers secured to said sleeves and extending upward therefrom andbent laterally toward each other at their upper ends, sectors on thecuitivator-frame, latches carried by said hand-levers, analinement-lever pivoted to turn upon the same axis as the hand-leversand extending horizontally in alinement with the laterally-bent ends ofthe hand-levers, and a spring to hold the alinement-lever'in contactwith one of the handlevers.

14. In a cultivator the combination with the supporting-wheels axle andframe, of independently movable shovel frames, hand -levers pivoted onthe axle, means connecting said levers and the shovel-frames to raisesaid frames, an alinement-lever pivoted on the axle, sectors on theframe, latches on the hand-levers, a wrench having a hook to engage thenotches of one of the sectors, and a loop on the frame to receive thewrench.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM MCCLOSKEY.

W'itnesses:

A. Gr. A. LEGGATT, E. I. SGULLY.

